Studying Classical Judaism: A Primer / Edition 1

by Jacob Neusner

Overview

What do we know about the history, literature, and religion of Judaism in its formative age? How do we know it, and why does it matter? In Studying Classical Judaism, renowned scholar and author Jacob Neusner addresses these and other important questions. Applying many of the same methods Christian scholars use to study Christianity, Neusner outlines what we now know about ancient Judaism. He points out the core-belief of normative Judaism and reveals the methodological underpinnings of the most cogent and up-to-date interpretations of the texts that determined classical Judaism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664251369
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	03/01/1991
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 6.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1390L (what's this?)

About the Author

Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism and Bard Center Fellow at the Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology in Annondale-on-Hudson, New York. He is the author of several books, including Judaism When Christianity Began, The Emergence of Judaism, and the popular textbook World Religions in America, all of which are available from WJK.